MEDIA WAVES

Those were difficult times
like famine spreading
to a vast area and
capital at its premium
though hopes
ambitions and dreams
sky-high and pressing
hard against the
walls of the heart
had to sweat it out
for a one hour slot
in a State owned media
as no alternative was
possible those days.
Pent-up ambitions
still compelling to
ventilate
the dreamt of day
welcomed at last
and evolved into a
proud owner of
one channel.
Then no looking back
one to two
two to three
three to four
numbers went on mounting.
One man-show to
multi-faced shows
one programme to
various programmes
variety entertainments
apart from news
serious news
then
to a tabloid type
quite amusing
seriousness all gone
with the wind
profit mountains reached
heaven-wards
resulting in
corporate-media
partnership.
By gones are by gones
courtesy a neo-liberal set-up
a big courtesy to globalization
and a big salute
to you
my role-model of
yester years
and some others’
role-model of modern days.